The Claremont Colleges Library

What a meaningful day of community, conversation and history.

Thank you to LA County Library for including The Claremont Colleges Library in this past weekend's event featuring George Takei and his graphic memoir, They Called Us Enemy.

We appreciated the opportunity to share materials from our Japanese American incarceration collections and engage attendees in conversations about this important chapter of American history.

If you missed the event or would like to learn more, our related exhibit remains on view through July 1. 📖 7clib.cc/TCUEexhibit

today is World Dracula Day? 🧛🦇

Bram Stoker’s was first published on May 26, 1897 — 129 years ago today.

To celebrate, we’re spotlighting two wonderfully items from our Special Collections: a historic stage manager’s copy of the first authorized stage adaptation of Dracula by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston (photos 1-3), and Edward Gorey’s delightfully eerie Dracula: A Toy Theatre (photos 4-7). 📚

These items are available for hands-on research through a Reading Room appointment!

🎓 Congratulations to our graduating student assistants! Thank you for all your help and we are so glad you enjoyed your time working with the Library. Best of luck in all your future endeavors!

🤩 Are you a student interested in working with us? Explore opportunities: 7clib.cc/StudentEmployment

In honor of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, our Asian Library and Special Collections staff are hosting an hour-long guided tour that covers the following two exhibits:

📜 Scattered Leaves: East Asian Rare Books Across Borders, Regions and Cultures
🎞️ "They Called Us Enemy": Japanese American Incarceration During WWII

This guided tour will take place every Friday in May 2026 from 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.

🔗7clib.cc/TCCLevents

🦉 : LAST CHANCE to assist us with finding owls that have hidden throughout the Library! If you find one, bring it to the Main Services Desk to redeem your prize by end of day May 14!

🦉 : FOUR more mischievous owls have hidden themselves throughout the Library! Use the photos for clues and, if you find one, bring it to the Main Services Desk for a prize!

🦉 Why doesn’t an owl study for a test? They prefer to wing it! 😉

Help us get these FOUR owls back to studying – once you find one of these little rascals, take them to the Main Services Desk for a prize!

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